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'Oxygen' was the best Israeli movie of 2025, unraveling the myth of Israeli heroism
SOURCE:Haaretz|BY:Oron Shamir
Netalie Braun's film follows a mother tormented by worry over her soldier son, piercing the quotidian and offering a reality check to anyone who wants to live in Israel
'Oxygen' Was the Best Israeli Movie of 2025, Unraveling the Myth of Israeli Heroism
Jan 1, 2026 1:51 pm IST
Jan 1, 2026 1:51 pm IST
It's rare for filmmakers to release two films in the same year, and even rarer for both to be excellent. Netalie Braun demonstrated how to do it right in 2025. Her documentary "Shooting," which won the Jury Award at Docaviv – the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival – is a masterful work of documentary cinema that deconstructs the myth of heroism as reflected in Israeli film and television.